Another Portland protest movement has taken over a portion of the city — this time demonstrating against gentrification by barricading several streets and setting booby traps for the police. The demonstrators, dressed in black and wearing ski masks, erected the street blockades with metal, wood and wire fencing, and stood guard Wednesday behind their perimeter....
A man was arrested for fatally striking a woman with his car as he was fleeing a separate collision in Brooklyn tonight, police said. Michael Rajpaul, 22, is accused of running over the 53-year-old woman near the intersection of East 55th Street and Glenwood Road in East Flatbush at about 10:16 p.m., authorities said. The...
WASHINGTON — As states frantically prepare to begin months of vaccinations that could end the pandemic, a new poll finds only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves when their turn comes. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about a quarter of U.S. adults aren’t...
A 70-year-old homeless woman was fatally shot by a corrections officer in the lobby of a Washington state jail last week after she allegedly brandished a knife, officials said. Nancy King was pounding at the lobby door of the Spokane County Jail Friday night when corrections sergeant Justin White told her to drop the weapon,...
There may be a shortage of cookies on the shelves this holiday season, one of the biggest commercial producers of confections is warning. Campbell’s Soup Company, which makes cookies under the Pepperidge Farms brand, warned that it is facing a shortage ahead of its busiest season — including of popular varieties like Milano and Chessman....
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani left the hospital Wednesday night after a four-day stay for coronavirus treatment. Giuliani was spotted by reporters leaving Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington D.C. at about 5 p.m., according to The Hill. The 76-year-old, wearing a face mask, flashed a thumbs-up to the cameras from the passenger seat...
Would-be smugglers threw seven pounds of chicken wings over the 18-foot fence of a Mississippi prison this week. But the not-so-fast food delivery was intercepted, as were the cigarettes, cigars, marijuana and cell phones that were also tossed over the fence at South Mississippi Correctional Institution, officials said. The goodies — some of which were...
The personal trainer charged with decapitating his two children also allegedly forced his two surviving kids to live alongside their older siblings’ bodies for five days, prosecutors said. Maurice Taylor Sr. decapitated his 12-year-old son Maurice Jr., and 13-year-old daughter Maliaka inside their Lancaster home on Nov. 29, and made his two younger sons —...
Mookie Betts of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and three-time American League MVP Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels headlined a group of 16 players named to the second annual All-MLB Team. The compilation of players, selected regardless of league, was selected by voting from select fans, media members, broadcasters, former players...
With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the country and the globe, there’s an increased interest in practicality this season. Staying safe is now the #1 priority for most Americans, and as a result, N95 masks made in the USA look to be the latest and hottest holiday gift trend this year.
When Tony Dungy, my guest for this week’s podcast, was coaching the Indianapolis Colts, I was playing for the Pacers. Personally, I had always admired him. He’s a fellow Michigander, and a man who broke the mold when it came to coaching. In 2007, he became the first African American coach to win a Super...
A cartoonist famous for his work in The New Yorker was arrested Wednesday on child pornography charges, state police said. Rhinebeck resident Danny Shanahan, 64, was charged with possession of a sexual performance by a child, cops said in a statement. The kiddie porn was allegedly found on his computer after Village of Rhinebeck Police...
Considering that Friday’s preseason opener will come exactly nine months since the Knicks last played a game, it figures to be just a taste of what’s on tap for an unusual 2020-21 NBA campaign. Julius Randle is setting his expectations accordingly. “It’s going to be a weird season,” Randle said Wednesday after the Knicks’ fourth...
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar penned an essay for WebMD published Wednesday, and shared — seemingly for the first time — that he he’s fought prostate cancer, leukemia, and had heart bypass surgery in the past. The piece, titled “Black Lives Matter,” aims to shine a light on the way Black people are left behind by...
It’s more than strange that Hunter Biden released a statement today in the form of an official press release from his father’s “Biden-Harris transition” operation, for the purpose of confirming he is under federal investigation for tax fraud. “I learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware advised my legal...
A Texas woman who’d been a frontrunner for a municipal court judgeship has reportedly died Monday of coronavirus — five days before the runoff election that would have determined the winner. Lillian Blancas, a 47-year-old attorney and part-time magistrate judge in El Paso County, had been seeking a full-time municipal judgeship, the El Paso Times...
A house in upstate New York blew up on Wednesday, igniting at least two other homes, authorities said. Videos posted on social media showed a massive fireball lighting the sky and shooting up flames and debris at around 6:10 p.m. in the town of Gates in Monroe County. “It sounded like a bomb went off,”...
A 21-year-old Arizona neo-Nazi was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Wednesday for his part in a plot to terrorize black and Jewish journalists, federal prosecutors said. Johnny Roman Garza — a member of the violent neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division — admitted in September that he conspired with three others to identify and threaten...
The jump from college basketball to the NBA may appear bigger than ever for this year’s class of rookies. But Knicks combo guard Immanuel Quickley has a not-so-secret weapon to aid him in the transition. “The one thing is he’s got a great skill already — he can shoot the ball as well as anyone...
New Yorkers may get a rare glimpse of the Northern Lights this week. The National Weather Service said Wednesday that a solar storm could make the Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, visible to curious spectators in New York state Thursday night. A photo shared by the agency on Twitter shows the light show...
New Jersey cops saved the day after an unusual 911 call Tuesday from a frantic mom whose toddler had got tangled in her doll’s stroller. Paramus police officers Robert Sobocinski and Ben Fox responded to Iman Jabara’s home in Bergen County at 11 a.m. and found her daughter Yasmeen Saleh, 4, wearing the stroller around...
There was Jabrill Peppers dancing in the snow at practice on Wednesday, no other place he’d rather be, a Jersey kid playing the game he loves more than most in his home state and for favorite team, playing with infectious swagger and a joy to the world, especially during this four-game resurgence that has propelled...
The US reportedly hit a record of single-day coronavirus deaths on Wednesday — topping 3,000 for the first time. The grim milestone, reported by the Washington Post, comes as cases in the country have been soaring. Also as of Wednesday, an average of over 200,000 Americans per day were testing positive for COVID-19 — another...
New York State Assembly Democrats are mulling an array of new and higher taxes on the rich as well as legalization of mobile sports betting and marijuana to address a fiscal crisis fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. The lawmakers discussed raising taxes to close a projected massive budget deficit next year during a grim, private...
If you’re searching for a gift for the beauty lover in your life, then Ulta’s selection of IT Cosmetics goodies is a great place to start. With the brand offering everything from lipsticks to moisturizers, you won’t have a problem finding a standout gifting option. And with prices starting as low as $12, you can...